I have a male betta that I haven't named yet - his body is a light-red, from the side his fins are blood-red and from the top they are purple. Quite interesting. He's really affectionate, and I usually hand-feed him. As of late, I've been trying to teach him some tricks. For example, I've taught him how to jump halfway out of the tank (not all the way, as he might be tempted to do that when I'm not around!) and I'm trying to teach him how to flare on command, and go through a hoop. Should be successful.

Has anyone here done this before with bettas or another kind of fish? Please comment, and give tips if you can! Thanks!

That is very cool! I liked the video! I have a betta named buddy and he flares at me and then I treat him. I always laugh when he does this. He looks like those mean dinosaurs on jurassic park when he flares LOL! When his gill flaps flare out he makes me laugh I don't know why, I guess such a small creature trying to be so ferocious!!!

I love to give them much space to swim, like Barbarossa is now in a 20l tank with 6 Rasboras and 2 Corydora Panda, Plants and a tree trunk with hiding places. Bettal love to hide or sit on plant leaves.

Nossie,I have bamboo in my betta bowls. They don't need any direct light or very little.I have a peace lily in my betta bowl in the kitchen. It needs more light than the bamboo but not too much direct light. Bamboo and peace lilys are easy keepers. If you put regular aquarium plants in a betta bowl then you would need some direct light.I think your biorb would look great as a betta bowl!

I have this book on bettas and the author is from Michigan. He is a well known betta breeder.He kept hundreds of bettas in restaurant drinking glasses! Well I mean 1 to a glass He said that one time a male and female betta jumped out and in a small puddle on the floor they were when he found them.He also found eggs. The bettas had spawned in the puddle on the floor. I guess in thailand Betttas are puddle jumpers. When the drought hits they jump from puddle to puddle as they dry up.I think bettas are amazing!

Wow, sounds awesome! I think it'd be wonderful to keep a betta in those other biOrbs, those slightly smaller, I believe they were around 4-5 gallons And they can have all kinds of cute colors on those plastic edges and whatnot Not to mention that awesome moonlight lamp that will for sure make plants thrive!

Nah, I've gotta think about it For now I don't have space anyway xD But it's always interesting to hear some things about bettas They are interesting and beautiful fish

Actually, if you have a community tank big enough to add another fish, you can add a betta to it. Just make sure the other fish are not very nippy and won't bite the betta's long flowing fins. If you want to keep one, keep 1 male or 1 female (if you want to keep more than one female in the same tank, you have to keep at least four so that they can develop a "sorority" and won't pick on each other.)